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Caustic liquid spills from tank near Arthur Kill

10/30/2004, 4:35 p.m. ET
The Associated Press

CARTERET, N.J. (AP) — Thousands of gallons of a caustic liquid spilled Saturday when a tank collapsed at a terminal along a busy shipping lane, authorities said.

Three people were taken to a hospital with mild burns, and some of the liquid reached the Arthur Kill, a waterway between Carteret and Staten Island, N.Y., said Petty Officer 2nd Class Mike Hvozda, a spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard.

The liquid was identified as sodium hydroxide, a corrosive chemical used in detergent, and equal amount of water, he said.

Two Coast Guard vessels were dispatched to keep other boats away as a precaution, he said......

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